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Orbital elements:
2012 FX23                                                Earth MOID = 0.0536 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M 349.61474              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.35496573     Peri.   22.64282     -0.90071055     +0.43428749
a   1.9755064      Node   183.15894     -0.42239188     -0.88127124
e   0.4764276      Incl.   11.21531     -0.10151651     -0.18642796
P   2.78           H   26.2           G   0.15           U   7

MPEC 2012 - F68

The 15 - 34 metre wide asteroid 2012 FX23 will make a close pass (22.2 lunar distances, 0.0571 AU), travelling at 9.27 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 28th March, 2012 @ 11:34 UT ±00:27.

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The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).